Study 25 From the Book of Mark
is: Mark 12:1-27
1.
Verses 1-12. How does this parable clarify Christ’s unique
position in relation both to God and to the prophets? What does it teach us (a)
about the character of the motives which lay behind His final rejection, and
(b) about His own expectation of vindication and victory?
2.
Verses 13-17. How does this incident reveal both the wisdom
of Christ and the insincerity of His questioners? What important truth was
Jesus trying to convey to them, and of what relevance is this to us? Cf. Rom. 13:1, 2, 6, 7.
3.
Verses 18-27. The Sadducees were obviously attempting to
make spiritual truth look ridiculous by interpreting it with the grossest of
literalness. How does Christ show them their mistake? On what grounds does He
base the certainty of the resurrection?
Note. Verses 1-12. Since the Lord was obviously
using Isaiah 5:1-7 as an Old Testament back-cloth for this parable, His hearers
would know that He was referring to Israel, and that this was yet another parable
of judgment.
